Manicuring instrument.



A.H. SWANK.

MANICURING INSTRUMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23. 1913.

Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

WITNESSES.-

ARTHUR H. swanK, or FREMONT, onro.

MANICURING- INSTRUMENT.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented not. a, let 5-.

Application filed June 23, 1913. Serial No. 775.306.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR H. SWANK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Fremont, in the county of Sandusky and State of Ohio, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manicuring Instruments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in manicuring instruments and has for its object to provide a device of this description that will be capable of answering all the purposes to which manicuring instruments are put, and at the same time be so constructed as to be easy and cheap to make and have certain advantages whichnwill be fully described herein and particularly pointed out in claims appended hereto.

A preferred embodiment of my invention is shown on the drawings accompanying this description and forming a part hereof; similar characters of reference being used to denote the same parts throughout the several views.

On the drawings Figure 1 is a top view of one form of my improved manicuring instrument; Fig. 2 is a similar view of a modification, showing the same parts, but arranged in different relative positions; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

My manicuring instrument is made from a single strip of metal 1, which may be stamped or cut from a sheet of any suitable material; and both ends 2 will. be rounded off so as to obviate any projecting points that might tear the owners clothing when carried about in the pocket or punch holes in the sheath or casing in which the instru ment will usually be kept when the owner retains it on his person in order to have it handy whenever he desires to use it.

I make one edge of the instrument straight as shown at 3 and part of the other edge shown at 4 in Fig. 1 1 cause to converge toward the straight edge 3. That portion of the surface of the strip 1 which is lo cated between the edge 4: and the adjacent section of the edge 3 I roughen by making intersecting crosscuts to form a file 5, this file being employed to finish the ends of the nails on the fingers after cutting and trim-= ming the same, as will be readily understood.

The strip 1 will have a notch 6 in one side of the same, preferably near the inner end of the edge t, to enable it to be more firmly grasped by hand when the file 5 is to be called into use. This notch is shaped to receive the end of a finger, and the object is to prevent the instrument from slipping. I also provide two holes 7 and 8 inthe strip 1, and each of these openings may be surrounded on oneside of the strip with a rib or bur as shown in Fig. 3. The hole .7 is somewhat larger than the hole 8, and the former is for the purpose of removing pimples and the latter for extracting blackheads. The purpose of the burs or ribs is of course to enable pressure to be concentrated on the pimple or blackhead to effect a quick and thorough dislodgnient.

My instrument also embodies a projecting point for the removal of foreign matter from beneath the finger nails; and this is provided by forming a recess 9, which, in the construction illustrated in Fig. 1 will be near the large end 2. The cleaning point 10 will be located at one side of this recess, and it extends longitudinally of the strip 1. The sharp end of this projection will be shielded by the metal on the adjacent end 2 as will be readily understood.

The modification shown in Fig. 2 is similar to the construction of the instrument shown in Fig. l. with the exception that the r edge 4 in Fig. 2 extends the full length of the strip. and the holes 7 and 8. together with the recess 9 and cleaning point 10 are located at the small end of the instrument. The tile 5 takes up the smaller half of the strip in both cases. The advantage of the device shown in Fig. l resides in the fact that the file affords a good hold when the holes 7 and 8 or the point 9 are needed: and the advantage of the modification illustrated in Fig. 2 is due to the location of the file. the holes. and the point 10 all in one and the same half otithe strip 1, so that the instrument does not have to be reversed when the file is required. In the second form of my manicuring device the notch 6 may be included or not as preferred.

It will be seen that in both modifientions of my invention the outer edge of the projection 10 extends inward at an angle to the adjacent portion of the strip '1. In both forms shown, the projection 10 may be bent to one side or the other out of the plane of the strip 1. and may have one or both of its converging edges sharpened to adapt it to be employed for cutting'the nails as well as cleaning them. If the inner edge of this for cutting purposes; but if the edges are not sharpened so that the point is used only for cleaning or ii the outer edge only is sharpened, the bending of the point out of the plane of the strip is not essential to the effective operation of the device at all. It the point 10 is not bent, it does not extend out beyond the general contour of the strip in any manner and, therefore, cannot possibly tear or rip the containing case or cloth of the owners pocket. If, however, on account of the inner edge of the point 10 being sharpened, 1 do bend this point slightly to one side of the strip, it will project a little beyond the contour of the instrument but not enough to make the change reall an objectionable one. I reserve, however, the right to bend the point 10 ornot, but I prefer not to bend it, as this matter may be left to the choice or convenience of the user. and I desire to protect my invention. accordingly.

My manicuring device is exceedingly simple and by having" rounded ends and the projection extending vlongitudinally of the strip 1 and shielded by the metal of the adjacent end the device cannot punch a hole in the case or sheath usually employed to receive 1t; and neither is it likely in the event oi? the owner carrying it about in lllS pocket 'without a case to tear or rip the clothing.

The instrument is a handy and practical thing to have about one, and on account of the addition of the holes 7 and 8 it can utilized not only for the care of thenails but in attending to the complexion as Well.

It is immaterial of course just Where the recess 9 and the cleaning point or projec 'tion 10 are placed.

lhey may be located anywhere in the length of the strip but preferably put where they are shown on the drawings. The same is true of the holes 7 and 8, and it is also optional, as above stated, not to bend the point 10 out of the plane of the strip if desired. These are all slight variations Which come Well Within the scope and spirit of my invention.

. The file 5 can be formed on both sides of the strip 1, or on only one side thereof, as

will be readily understood. in the modification shown in Fi 2 the crosscuts making the file Will of course not extend to the burs or ribs around the holes '7 and 8, so as to leave the ribs smooth over the Whole -circuinterence of the same.

I can of course make my invention of a resilient-strip of metal, or of a still rigid piece of metal if preferred. Either way is of course Within the scope of my iiwention.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure and protect by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A manicuring instrument comprising a body having a recess extending inward. from its outer edge, and a projection located at one side of the'recess and extending partly across the same, said projection having its outer edge extending inward a substantial distance with respect to the adjacent portion or he periphery of the instrument, the body also having a portion at the inner end of the recess which extends in ,the same direction as the projection, and then transversely thereoi a material distance beyond the extremity t.liei'eoi,-Wlie1'eby the extremity of the projection will be located entirely within the outline of the instrument,

2. ii manicuring instrument comprising an elongated strip having a recess extendinn inward from one lateral edge thereof, and a longitudinal projection located at one side of the recess and e Lending partly across the same, said projection having its outer edge extending inward a material distance with respect to the adjacent portion of the periphery of the strip, the strip also having a portion at the inner end of the recess which extends in the same direction as the projection, and then transversely thereof a material distance beyond the extremity of the projection, whereby the extremity of the projection Will be located entirely Within- 

